Worldwide excursions foster improvement, expertise and camaraderie
From April 13-21, Discipline Hockey Canada despatched two youth groups on worldwide excursions as a part of their expertise improvement pathway. The U16 girls’s group traveled to Hradec Králové, Czechia, whereas the U18 girls’s group headed to Cardiff, Wales. Each excursions offered priceless worldwide on- and off-field experiences for the younger athletes, specializing in improvement, publicity, and group tradition.
U16 Czechia Tour – Hradec Králové, Czechia
The U16 girls’s group featured athletes from throughout Canada. Previous to departure, group members met just about to familiarize themselves with coaching, journey, and sport methods. Departing from Vancouver and Toronto, many gamers met their teammates for the primary time throughout the connecting flight in Paris.
In Czechia, the main target was on improvement and enjoyable. For many gamers, this was their first worldwide expertise, they usually embraced the problem enthusiastically. After a few coaching classes, the group performed in opposition to Czechia’s U18 girls’s group. The sequence ended with a 0-0 tie, a 1-0 win, and a 1-1 tie, showcasing the group’s skill to implement teaching methods successfully. The gamers have been inspired to belief themselves and their teammates, leaving all the things on the sector.
For a lot of of those U16 athletes, this was their first publicity to worldwide competitors. Discipline Hockey Canada is happy with our U16 athletes for dealing with that problem head on. Click on right here to listen to testimony from athletes who’ve gone via the event pathway and pursued a profession in faculty, college, membership and nationwide stage hockey.
Thanks to our superb workers group, Lacey, Andrea, Pam and Freya and all of the mother and father and household that traveled with our group!
Canada takes on Czechia in a three-game sequence in Hradec Králové. Pictures/Felicia Chang
U18 Wales Tour – Cardiff, Wales
The U18 girls’s group traveled to Wales for a three-game sequence in opposition to the Welsh U18 group. Earlier than the sequence, they performed a aggressive tune up match in opposition to Swansea College, leading to a 2-1 loss however offering priceless studying experiences. Led by coaches Mike Van Iderstine and Krissy Wishart, the group had robust practices that ready them for the sequence.
The primary match in opposition to Wales, captained by Elle Ferros, resulted in a 5-0 loss. Regardless of the defeat, the group’s spirits remained excessive. The second sport, led by Sabine Keon, noticed objectives from Sutton Van Dyke and Izzy Prior, ending in a 4-2 loss. The ultimate sport on Easter Sunday, captained by Maisie Fulton-Stephenson, showcased the group’s progress and dedication, although they confronted one other loss.
A spotlight of the tour was the post-game interplay with the Welsh group, the place gamers bonded over lunch, made TikToks, and performed soccer. The Welsh group and workers have been welcoming and accommodating, contributing to the success of the journey. The U18 gamers returned house in excessive spirits, having constructed a powerful group tradition and realized priceless expertise.
A number of the athletes on this group have now toured twice, final 12 months with the U16s after which once more this 12 months to Wales with the U18 group. This continuity builds belief within the course of and stacks worldwide expertise previous to transitioning to the junior nationwide and senior worldwide hockey. Congrats to all athletes on a profitable spring youth tour
Thanks to our superb workers group, Mike, Krissy, Kayley and Jadyn and all of the mother and father and household that traveled with our group!
Discipline Hockey Canada is proud that 7/8 workers on tour are girls. The group is internationally making an attempt to get extra girls represented in management roles throughout all applications, with these youth excursions as a terrific instance. Discipline Hockey Canada can be sending a 3rd and ultimate youth girls’s tour to France from Could 1-10. That U18 group will face France in a four-game take a look at sequence. Keep tuned to the Discipline Hockey Canada web site and social media for updates from the France tour.
Canada and Wales play a three-game sequence in Cardiff, Wales. Pictures/Offered
